Friday, February 10, 2012

Norovirus

  • EVERETT -- The disease that sickened more than 200 people who attended a cheerleading competition at Comcast Area last weekend is norovirus, sometimes called cruise ship disease, health officials say.And they think theyve tracked down how the disease spread.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • There is a nasty virus awaiting you on the nearest door handle and you don't want this one.
  • (Sun Journal)
  • The Kern County Health Department suspects norovirus may be to blame for a flu-like outbreak at a senior living home in Bakersfield. Norovirus is sometimes associated with people getting sick on cruise ships.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • Rider University says 40 students became sick Wednesday night from a possible outbreak of norovirus on the Lawrenceville, Mercer County, campus.
  • (Philadelphia Daily News)
  • A press release issued last week by the Calaveras County Department of Public Health has sparked questions about a recent surge in gastrointestinal illnesses among county school students.
  • (Calaveras Enterprise)
  • HARTFORD CITY -- Most of the 100-plus people infected with norovirus last month had eaten at a local Subway franchise.
  • (Star-Press)
  • Norovirus infections recently forced two cruise ships to return to port early in south Florida after hundreds of people were sickened by the vicious gastrointestinal illness, but that isnt the only industry seeing infections.
  • (FOX 9 News)
  • A Norwalk-type flu outbreak at Surrey Memorial Hospital has prompted officials to quarantine 12 affected patients in one unit.
  • (Surrey Leader)
  • Norovirus cases led to a quarantine of the Sauk County Health Care Center on Monday as health officials in at least three south central Wisconsin counties have reported a string of recent cases of the illness.
  • (Portage Daily Register)

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